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Match

2014 · 1h 32m · R Comedy, Drama
Directed by Stephen Belber

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Overview

A Seattle couple travel to New York to interview colorful former dancer Tobi for research on a dissertation about dance. But soon, common niceties and social graces erode when the questions turn personal and the true nature of the interview is called into question.

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74%
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Rotten

When a play is adapted for the screen, too often you can see the stitches.

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh

It's great fun to watch Patrick Stewart in "Match," seeming to chew scenery (and actually doing so from time to time) but offering something else underneath.

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Fresh

Belber sometimes strains credulity to keep the characters together until the end, but Stewart carries the story to its conclusion with a performance ranging from the fierce to the tender.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh

This small film (virtually all of it filmed in Tobi's New York apartment) is a real gem.

Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

Onscreen, the material seems contrived and thin. What must have been an electrifying clash of personalities onstage is over the top on film.

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle

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